Charlie’s Pizza offers homey atmosphere, community and a Christmas Day feast

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December 24, 2013 at 10:41 am

Charlie’s Pizza will be throwing the doors open for a Christmas feast from 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m., Christmas Day. Everyone is welcome to come for the free meal, for fellowship and fun. Santa made an advance visit to Charlie’s to check on the growing excitement for Christmas Pictured are (from left): Lilly and Landon Prozinski (whose grandma Diane Prozinski cooks with Charlie), Santa and Mitch Beattie, who also cooks with Charlie.

He emphasizes that Little Falls is a great community that comes together to support one another.

“When there’s a wedding or a funeral in town, people are there for each other,” he said.

The Jones family had a very meaningful Christmas celebration at Charlie’s.

“My kids said it was the best Christmas they ever had,” said Steve Jones. “The opportunity to go out and be with people on Christmas and be able to greet and welcome them and serve them was huge.”

Jones and his wife, Kristin, and their son, Noah, and daughter, Hannah, plan to be part of the event again this year.

“They are excited to do it again this year — how much better does it get than that?” Jones said. “We’re honored to work there and so impressed with Charlie and his staff for selflessly doing this, carrying the spirit of Christmas forward. The opportunity to be a small piece of that is fantastic.”

“We look forward to it all year,” said Candace Peterka, Charlie’s wife.

Mitch Beattie, one of the cooks at Charlie’s, loves seeing the people come in.

“It’s putting a smile on people’s faces,” he said.

The event features live music. Homemade soup, garlic bread and pizza will be served, as well as pop and milk, cookies and ice cream.

Charlie’s Pizza will be open from 11:30 a.m. – 3 p.m. on Christmas Day. It is located at 1006 Haven Road in Little Falls.

“There are a lot of people in the community who don’t have anything else to do on Christmas. You should just see the people when they leave; it’s really neat,” Peterka said. “After Santa is done with them and they are full of food, they just have a gleam about them.”